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on monday night here i will be hosting the new documentary on what happened when our government lied us into war and how they got away with it and whether we understand it well enough the next time somebody tries it again. we understand that this is likely to cause political upset when we air it. but sometimes you have to do that anyway. after all, it is for a good cause. now it is time for the last word with lawrence o'donnelo'donnell. >> today republican s blocked a vote just because they can. >> sit shocking. not a lot of love. >> it is unprecedented. >> filibuster of chuck haegle's nomination. >> he is willing to fight until the end. >> i'm going to keep hitting you. >> it is unprecedented. >> the blame game just doesn't work. democrats must begin to do their work. democrats have been willing to more than meet the gop half way. the house has done its work. we don't control the agenda. the blame game doesn't work outside of the capital. senate democrats of the united states senate. the united states senate. >> the only certainty is more dysfunction and gridlock. >> it is valentine
on monday night here i will be hosting the new documentary on what happened when our government lied us into war and how they got away with it and whether we understand it well enough the next time somebody tries it again. we understand that this is likely to cause political upset when we air it. but sometimes you have to do that anyway. after all, it is for a good cause. now it is time for the last word with lawrence o'donnelo'donnell. >> today republican s blocked a vote just because...
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the size of the government has grown exponentally. we have a proposal for every three federal retiree we hire only one. that would take care of the sequestration problem. there are simple answers to many of these problems that we can address the problem without raising people's taxes. but first, we ought to sit down across the table, the president should with us and try and work this out. all he does is go out and make speeches. >> chris: the president's nominee for cia director, john brennan testified in his confirmation hearing this week, faced tough questioning especially about the administration's targeted killing program for terrorist is suspects even american citizens. what do you think of this idea which is gaining some currency on capitol hill of what is being called a drone court where before the president puts a targeted terrorist especially an american citizen on a kill list they have to go get approval from a judge? >> i don't agree with it. but because i think it an encroachment on the powers of the president of the unite
the size of the government has grown exponentally. we have a proposal for every three federal retiree we hire only one. that would take care of the sequestration problem. there are simple answers to many of these problems that we can address the problem without raising people's taxes. but first, we ought to sit down across the table, the president should with us and try and work this out. all he does is go out and make speeches. >> chris: the president's nominee for cia director, john...
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when did they ever have a centralized government? it is run in a decentralized way and what i see happening already in the fact that we've taken off 33,000 on the search forces are no longer there, now they are going back even more aggressively towards the centralization and the warlords are active, the tribes are getting more active, kabul doesn't count for much to begin with but it will count for much less. iraq had some claims to being a nation state but it was sitting on the triad of the kurdish, sunni shia but they sat on with force and once you remove that force, we have no plan for what we were going to do. a lot of people thought we went in there for the oil. i don't think so. were we going to stay long term? like of classified briefings from the pentagon and march i believe we were going to be out for the most part by the end of the year. there is no long-term plan. if you want to fault them for something and that is why i think the book is unfair to the military, we discouraged thinking about what to do with regards to iraq
when did they ever have a centralized government? it is run in a decentralized way and what i see happening already in the fact that we've taken off 33,000 on the search forces are no longer there, now they are going back even more aggressively towards the centralization and the warlords are active, the tribes are getting more active, kabul doesn't count for much to begin with but it will count for much less. iraq had some claims to being a nation state but it was sitting on the triad of the...
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wake up, american government. the zombies are coming. >> i wish they had enough sense of humor to do something like that. >> it's great they did it tongue in cheek. i'm obviously kidding, too. but imagine our congress joking around? they yell at each other. >> did you watch the ship come in? did your ship come in this week? >> my ship didn't. but that cruise ship did and i was sucked in by it. i can't believe i'm admitting that. i was sucked in by the coverage. >> so you watched the whole thing? were you glued to the television like the people -- there were some people in one of my friend's beauty parlor who said they couldn't stop watching it. >> i have no career, don. obviously i'm here on saturday nights. i have nothing else going on. i usually watch cruise ships no matter what. this one was leading to something. a cruise to alabama. i want to get booked on -- >> there's a joke in there. thank you, dean. bye-bye. >> take care, don. >>> and next -- ♪ >> is this live? >> i sit down with one of the hottest bands
wake up, american government. the zombies are coming. >> i wish they had enough sense of humor to do something like that. >> it's great they did it tongue in cheek. i'm obviously kidding, too. but imagine our congress joking around? they yell at each other. >> did you watch the ship come in? did your ship come in this week? >> my ship didn't. but that cruise ship did and i was sucked in by it. i can't believe i'm admitting that. i was sucked in by the coverage. >>...
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republican party, but it's also equal parts chastisement to equal parts to anybody who promotes big government of deficit so the tea party isn't afraid to tell republicans you need to spend less money. >> appreciate your time. >>> next, a 5-year-old boy held hostage in an underground bunker for six days. he's home now. in an interview, his mother reveals what her son experienced. plus, what did ted nugent say after attending the state of the union address? we're going to tell it to you. today is gonna be an important day for us. you ready? we wanna be our brother's keeper. what's number two we wanna do? bring it up to 90 decatherms. how bout ya, joe? let's go ahead and bring it online. attention on site, attention on site. now starting unit nine. some of the world's cleanest gas turbines are now powering some of america's biggest cities. siemens. answers. diarrhea, gas, bloating? yes! one phillips' colon health probiotic cap each day helps defend against these digestive issues with three strains of good bacteria. live the regular life. phillips'. [ babies crying ] surprise -- your house was bu
republican party, but it's also equal parts chastisement to equal parts to anybody who promotes big government of deficit so the tea party isn't afraid to tell republicans you need to spend less money. >> appreciate your time. >>> next, a 5-year-old boy held hostage in an underground bunker for six days. he's home now. in an interview, his mother reveals what her son experienced. plus, what did ted nugent say after attending the state of the union address? we're going to tell it...
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this runs completely counter to conventional wisdom wrosh it was bloomberg government's defense analyst rob levinson who broke out these numbers, but the conventional wisdom up until now has been that democrats are worried about the social spending side of the sequester cuts, and republicans are worried about the defense side. what this study showed is the democrats actually had a lot on the line, democratic congressmen do, in the potential sequester cuts, which ought to be leveraged to try to protect some of those districts, although this hasn't gotten a lot of attention. i think as we move forward and these cuts kick in, and most people do think that the sequester cuts are going to take effect, i think you'll start to see some of the information bubble up as the two parties finally get together and try to negotiate some kind of more reasonable series of cuts that won't have quite the economic damage. >> that seems like a pretty massive oversight. if you don't as a democrat realize that these defense cuts are happening in your own backyard, governor. we have five days to go on this. >>
this runs completely counter to conventional wisdom wrosh it was bloomberg government's defense analyst rob levinson who broke out these numbers, but the conventional wisdom up until now has been that democrats are worried about the social spending side of the sequester cuts, and republicans are worried about the defense side. what this study showed is the democrats actually had a lot on the line, democratic congressmen do, in the potential sequester cuts, which ought to be leveraged to try to...
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wake up, american government. the zombies are coming. >> i wish they had enough sense of humor to do something like that. >> it's great they did it tongue in cheek. i'm obviously kidding, too. but imagine our congress joking around. they yell at each other. >> did you watch the ship come in? did your ship come in this week? >> my ship didn't. but that cruise ship did and i was sucked in by it. i can't believe i'm admitting that. i was sucked in by the coverage. >> so you watched the whole thing? were you glued to the television like the people -- there were some people in one of my friend's beauty parlor who said they couldn't stop watching it. >> i have no career, don. obviously i'm here on saturday nights. i have nothing else going on. i usually watch cruise ships no matter what. this one was leading to something. a cruise to alabama. i want to get booked on -- >> there's a joke in there. thank you, dean. bye-bye. >> take care, don. >>> and next -- ♪ >> is this live? >> i sit down with one of the hottest bands
wake up, american government. the zombies are coming. >> i wish they had enough sense of humor to do something like that. >> it's great they did it tongue in cheek. i'm obviously kidding, too. but imagine our congress joking around. they yell at each other. >> did you watch the ship come in? did your ship come in this week? >> my ship didn't. but that cruise ship did and i was sucked in by it. i can't believe i'm admitting that. i was sucked in by the coverage. >>...
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critics on the right say the plan is an overreach by the federal government. on the left, critics say the proposed commission doesn't go far enough. and that includes the league of women voters. following tuesday's state of the union, the organization issued this statement saying it was, quote, disappointed that president obama failed to call for bold action on voting rights. joining me now is the national president of the league of women voters. thank you for being with us. >> good morning. thank you for having me. >> in your mind, what is lacking in this? what would bold action be? >> well, the time to act on this is now. this is fresh in voters' minds. this is an issue that we actually understand quite well. we have experienced long lines every four years in a presidential election. we have a lot of dedicated professionals who run our elections who know very well that we need a better -- we need a less antiquated registration system, better polling place allocations, equitable polling place allocation and we need early voting. this is not a big mystery. so
critics on the right say the plan is an overreach by the federal government. on the left, critics say the proposed commission doesn't go far enough. and that includes the league of women voters. following tuesday's state of the union, the organization issued this statement saying it was, quote, disappointed that president obama failed to call for bold action on voting rights. joining me now is the national president of the league of women voters. thank you for being with us. >> good...
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it is not a bigger government we need but a smarter government that sets priorities and invests in broad-based growth. ( applause ) that's what we should be looking for. our first priority is making america a magnet for new jobs in manufacturing. after shedding jobs for more than ten years our manufacturers have added about 500,000 jobs over the past three. caterpillar is bringing jobs back from japan. ford is bringing jobs back from mexico. and this year apple will start making macs in america again. ( applause ) there are things we can do right now to accelerate this trend. last year we created our first manufacturing innovation institute in youngstown, ohio. a once shuttered warehouse is now a state-of-the-art lab where new workers are mastering the 3d printing that has the possibility to revolutionize how we make almost everything. there's no reason why this can't happen in other town. i'm announcing the launch of three more of these manufacturing houses where businesses will partner with the department of defense and energy to turn regions left behind by globalization into global centers
it is not a bigger government we need but a smarter government that sets priorities and invests in broad-based growth. ( applause ) that's what we should be looking for. our first priority is making america a magnet for new jobs in manufacturing. after shedding jobs for more than ten years our manufacturers have added about 500,000 jobs over the past three. caterpillar is bringing jobs back from japan. ford is bringing jobs back from mexico. and this year apple will start making macs in america...
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there a social ill that he did not have the government answer to? if he did, i did not hear it. >> mark? >> if that is a liberal agenda, we have moved the goal posts in our country. i thought the speech was -- the sum of its parts did not create a greater whole. i thought that parts of it were really good. like the minimum wage, i like the education, i like the training, i particularly like the gun -- at the end. richarde wasn't come in nixon's turn, the lift of a driving dream. >> colby? >> i don't think it was supposed to be that kind of address. i think he laid out an agenda, and agenda he wants to pursue. i think he will achieve some of it. something will happen with immigration reform, i believe. i think he will get something on guns. there is a movement and he hit it just right with the tone. minimum wage will be the traditional fight. he was right to lay out the agenda he wants. he will get very little support from republicans. >> nina, on a scale from a to f, how would you rate the speech? >> b +. although there was a surgeon laundry-list el
there a social ill that he did not have the government answer to? if he did, i did not hear it. >> mark? >> if that is a liberal agenda, we have moved the goal posts in our country. i thought the speech was -- the sum of its parts did not create a greater whole. i thought that parts of it were really good. like the minimum wage, i like the education, i like the training, i particularly like the gun -- at the end. richarde wasn't come in nixon's turn, the lift of a driving dream....
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when a child opens fire on another child, there's a hole in that child's heart that government can't fill, only community and parents and teachers and clergy can fill that hole. in too many neighborhoods today, whether here in chicago or the farthest reaches of rural america, it can feel like for a lot of young people the future only extends to the next street corner or the outskirts of town. that no matter how much you work or how hard you try, your destiny was determined the moment you were born. there are entire neighborhoods where young people, they don't see an example of somebody succeedi succeeding. for a lot of young boys and young men in particular, they don't see an example of fathers or grandfathers or uncles who are in a position to support families and be held up and respected. and so of that means that this is not just a gun issue. it's also an issue of the kinds of communities that we're building, and for that we all share a responsibility as citizens to fix it. we all share a responsibility to move this country closer to our founding vision that no matter who you are
when a child opens fire on another child, there's a hole in that child's heart that government can't fill, only community and parents and teachers and clergy can fill that hole. in too many neighborhoods today, whether here in chicago or the farthest reaches of rural america, it can feel like for a lot of young people the future only extends to the next street corner or the outskirts of town. that no matter how much you work or how hard you try, your destiny was determined the moment you were...
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if funding the government was actually up to republicans? according to their theory, since all taxes are bad, a republican congress and republican president should cut taxes down to zero. >> it's a very simple equation. tax increases destroy jobs. >> since taxes destroy jobs, the only logical tax rate for the republican party in washington to support would be zero. on everything. personal income, capital gains, gasoline, every single federal tax rate should be zero. that is the logic of the republican position. in the world in which this guy is considered the leadi ining intellectual of the anti-tax movement, if washington had no democrats, taxes could never go up. they could only go down and they'd eventually go to zero or just low enough to pay for the defense department and nothing else. right? i mean, that's 21st century republicanism. or is it? if you want to see a world with no democrats, there's no better place to go than wyoming. the state's entire congressional delegation is republican. that's two senators and only one congressman.
if funding the government was actually up to republicans? according to their theory, since all taxes are bad, a republican congress and republican president should cut taxes down to zero. >> it's a very simple equation. tax increases destroy jobs. >> since taxes destroy jobs, the only logical tax rate for the republican party in washington to support would be zero. on everything. personal income, capital gains, gasoline, every single federal tax rate should be zero. that is the...
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was directing the secretary of state at the time hillary clinton to appeal for help for the libyan government that obama himself called the next day to ask for help with the investigation and the rest of it. graham is up for re-election in 2014, and he has been successful pressing the bengahzi story for as much as possible. again that's what his interest and concern is. he wants to go back to home state voters and say i stuck it to the president on this. i consider it to be as bad as watergate, and so he has no incentive whatsoever to stop doing that until the very last minute. that hasn't approached yet. >> michael: now, it's worth pointing out not only is graham up for re-election but it looks like he's going to get a primary as well. to see as right of the president as he possibly can seems like a good path for him to take. let's go to the president. what does this bode for the president's second term if he has this much trouble getting his nominees past of the democratic senate. >> it's funny you ask this. this all is playing out the same week that the president gave his state of the unio
was directing the secretary of state at the time hillary clinton to appeal for help for the libyan government that obama himself called the next day to ask for help with the investigation and the rest of it. graham is up for re-election in 2014, and he has been successful pressing the bengahzi story for as much as possible. again that's what his interest and concern is. he wants to go back to home state voters and say i stuck it to the president on this. i consider it to be as bad as watergate,...
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there were things in this speech about reducing government costs. he also threw out a bunch of new programs that will cost more money and i don't think have the chance of a snowball in hell, i don't think he thinks that either. >> but he says that none of this will add a dime to the deficit, colby. how can he make that claim? >> i want to bring up another point about the state of the union. i watch these things to hear what the president has to say. now you approach it these events with the idea of what else are they trying to do to show disrespect to the president of the united states? sitting up there in the gallery at the request, the invitation of a republican, was a guy named ted nugent, who famously said barack obama and hillary clinton -- shows up with two machine guns, and says, but whatoba -- "obama, i told him to suck on m machinesy gun. hillary, right off into the --" i won't say the word he used could this guy was there at the request of a the republicans, steve stockman of texas bank -- >> apparently he behaved -- >> one of the more int
there were things in this speech about reducing government costs. he also threw out a bunch of new programs that will cost more money and i don't think have the chance of a snowball in hell, i don't think he thinks that either. >> but he says that none of this will add a dime to the deficit, colby. how can he make that claim? >> i want to bring up another point about the state of the union. i watch these things to hear what the president has to say. now you approach it these events...
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and i believe that the government has done that before the e.p.a. shuts it down or temporarily shut them down, to keep bp viable in the u.s. so they could continue to pay the fines that are certainly going to come from the spill itself. >> john: that is a fashion nateing hypothesis. i want to ask you about it. what kind of message does it send to bp when the pentagon awards the company $2.5 billion the same year it spills a record amount of oil in the gulf. were they that hard up for cash to begin with? >> part of the challenge here, during the blowout at least for the government was to keep bp viable so they could pay the costs. at least bp viable in the united states. if you recall, there was a lot of talk during the early days of the blowout about how serious it was and whether bp could either stay afloat in america or stay active in the u.s. or even internationally. globally. and so i believe that the $20 billion agreement between the obama administration and bp was to kind of put a fence around the amount of liability that bp would be liable fo
and i believe that the government has done that before the e.p.a. shuts it down or temporarily shut them down, to keep bp viable in the u.s. so they could continue to pay the fines that are certainly going to come from the spill itself. >> john: that is a fashion nateing hypothesis. i want to ask you about it. what kind of message does it send to bp when the pentagon awards the company $2.5 billion the same year it spills a record amount of oil in the gulf. were they that hard up for cash...
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there's one -- we essentially make the government their leverage. they say they need to get at least this much of the profit, and if we don't see a huge disemployment affect from that, then it's probably a pretty good idea. yes, to marco rubio's point, to speaker yon boehner's point, it's not a solution to the problems of our economy, but it is one thing we can do that helps very, very low skill workers, people at the bottom of the income ladder, get a little bit more from what are at this moment very profitable, very profitable period in corporate profits. >> it's not just about a little bit more because that's a good idea. if you look at -- i mean, one in three american families is living near poverty. i mean, the census number -- the number of american families that are basically living on the brink of the powerhouse, as we cut programs to help the poor and the needy, is rather staggering when you look at, again, corporate profits. demos did a great study and looked at the impact of raising the minimum wage on workers, and effectively, if wal-mar
there's one -- we essentially make the government their leverage. they say they need to get at least this much of the profit, and if we don't see a huge disemployment affect from that, then it's probably a pretty good idea. yes, to marco rubio's point, to speaker yon boehner's point, it's not a solution to the problems of our economy, but it is one thing we can do that helps very, very low skill workers, people at the bottom of the income ladder, get a little bit more from what are at this...
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but remember, the federal government says this holiday is called washington's birthday, so get it right. let's get to my first reads of the morning. defense secretary nominee chuck hagel may have stepped forward forward -- sequestering of the filibuster that put the hagel vote off another week. >> john brennan, cia director, and chuck hagel as secretary of defense, we want to make sure we have those guys sitting in the chairs working because i don't want there to have been something missed because of this hang-up in washington. >> john mccain acknowledged hagel will get the vote soon, and that probably will be confirmed soon, but mccain's not voting for him. i believe he is qualifinot qual but i believe we shouldn't hold up the vote any longer. >> senator lindsey graham. >> i think we're doing our job to scrutinize i think one of the most unqualified radical choices for secretary of defense in a very long time. >> amazing that a former republican senator from nebraska would be called a radical choice for secretary of defense by a fellow republican. even approving to hagel is confirmed w
but remember, the federal government says this holiday is called washington's birthday, so get it right. let's get to my first reads of the morning. defense secretary nominee chuck hagel may have stepped forward forward -- sequestering of the filibuster that put the hagel vote off another week. >> john brennan, cia director, and chuck hagel as secretary of defense, we want to make sure we have those guys sitting in the chairs working because i don't want there to have been something...
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always in favor of the government, against the individual, always in favor of big governments or groups he is aligned with. neil: but he is doing it on his own. is the thinking that i'll just keep doing it, knowing i will get slapped down on some but not all. >> he knows in every case where he getting slapped down, he waited until therefore a recess, he signed appointment they have been on for a year and a half, what they did is invalidate it, supreme court said you cannot just create this, the senate decides when it is in recess, he figures for eve one of those heoses there will be 10 or 20 he will not lose. by the time the case gets to court, he may not be president any longer. neil: is he over reading the election? he won, but he did not win the right on become a king. >> you are right. instead he is dividing us. by group, by cla, by wealth. neil: and saying my way or the highway, if you don't go with me. >> the republicans if they stick to their values. neil: they are not. >> you are right, they control the house but they cave. they have enough to cause a filibuster. neil: they are
always in favor of the government, against the individual, always in favor of big governments or groups he is aligned with. neil: but he is doing it on his own. is the thinking that i'll just keep doing it, knowing i will get slapped down on some but not all. >> he knows in every case where he getting slapped down, he waited until therefore a recess, he signed appointment they have been on for a year and a half, what they did is invalidate it, supreme court said you cannot just create...
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to know if that $200,000 from a foreign government. it may be perfectly appropriate. we might find that it's reasonable or relevant but at minimal we need to know if it came directly from saudi arabia, came directly from north korea. >> in his 1953 hearing, senator mccarthy tried by insinuating that his choice of legal representative 20 years earlier made him suspect. let's listen. >> did the civil liberties union provide you with an attorney at that time? >> i had monies and one of those was the civil liberties, union, yes. >> the question is did they supply you an attorney. >> yes. >> the answer is yes? >> the answer is yes. >> mr. chairman, it was 1932. >> yes, i know it was 1932. do you know that they have been listed as a communist party? >> i do not know that. >> have you heard that? >> i have heard that. >> we see some similarities in these two senators. wayne, i saw it this week, i saw the way he sits there in that indictive manner, unless you tell us where you got that from, it came from north korea. i'm sorry. how do you make
to know if that $200,000 from a foreign government. it may be perfectly appropriate. we might find that it's reasonable or relevant but at minimal we need to know if it came directly from saudi arabia, came directly from north korea. >> in his 1953 hearing, senator mccarthy tried by insinuating that his choice of legal representative 20 years earlier made him suspect. let's listen. >> did the civil liberties union provide you with an attorney at that time? >> i had monies and...
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so far chuck hagel saying less than nice things about the government or israel or the influence of israel on our diplomats. those are things that people in washington do not like to hear but they are not new. as lindsey graham said a couple times today, unless there's a bombshell over the next ten days i'll vote to go ahead with this nomination and hagel will get through. so then the question is who's going to look for the bombshell. >> warner: these people are professionals but the pentagon is facing huge budget cuts already. they're facing the potential of the sequestration and another $40 billion in cuts h. what to do about the iranian nuclear program. does this -- this uncertainty at all affect the buildings ability not just make plans but weigh in on the policy choices? >> sure it does. you want a secretary of defense when you're at war and have other issues hanging over your head. no good can come from this ambiguity. >> warner: mark thompson, todd swill lick, thank you. >> woodruff: immigration. climate change. gun control. the budget. these are just a few of the issues president o
so far chuck hagel saying less than nice things about the government or israel or the influence of israel on our diplomats. those are things that people in washington do not like to hear but they are not new. as lindsey graham said a couple times today, unless there's a bombshell over the next ten days i'll vote to go ahead with this nomination and hagel will get through. so then the question is who's going to look for the bombshell. >> warner: these people are professionals but the...
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senate, fundamentals of american government. folks, you've got to learn it and this guy has been on all sides of it. all right, our gaggle will be here next. if love really means never having to say you're sorry, then capitol hill is overflowing with love. we'll get into the zeal against deals and the chances for some of this change. but first, white house soup of the day. loaded potato. it's a loaded agenda. don't forget, check out our website, rundown.msnbc.com. we'll be right back. [ whispering ] i've always preferred the crème part of an oreo. [ whispering ] that's crazy, the cookie's the best part. crème. cookie. crème. stop yelling. you stop yelling. [ whispering ] both of you stop yelling. [ whispering ] i'm trying to read. [ male announcer ] choose your side at oreo.com. tens of thousands of dollars in hidden fees on their 401(k)s?! go to e-trade and roll over your old 401(k)s to a new e-trade retirement account. none of them charge annual fees and all of them offer low cost investments. e-trade. less for us. more for
senate, fundamentals of american government. folks, you've got to learn it and this guy has been on all sides of it. all right, our gaggle will be here next. if love really means never having to say you're sorry, then capitol hill is overflowing with love. we'll get into the zeal against deals and the chances for some of this change. but first, white house soup of the day. loaded potato. it's a loaded agenda. don't forget, check out our website, rundown.msnbc.com. we'll be right back. [...
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is one of the lowest in the entire government of all of the agencies in the government. he has not led and he needs to go. >> shannon: i want to ask you about the nomination of jack lu to serve as the next treasury secretary. you suggested that he has lied under oath to congress. what is that all about? >> he announced the budget that he drafted as office of management and budget director, he said it would not add to the debt and spend only money that we have and put us in a position to pay down the debt and it was i believe the greatest false statement on finances ever issued by an american official. because the lowest single annual deficit in his own budget was $600 billion in one year. going up every year thereafter. they are adding $13 trillion to the debt. it absolutely added to the debt. it absolutely spent money that we could only borrow that we did not have. and we would never in a -- we were never in a position to pay down the debt. such a fundamental false statement to the american people, lulling them and telling the american people we are okay, we have got a
is one of the lowest in the entire government of all of the agencies in the government. he has not led and he needs to go. >> shannon: i want to ask you about the nomination of jack lu to serve as the next treasury secretary. you suggested that he has lied under oath to congress. what is that all about? >> he announced the budget that he drafted as office of management and budget director, he said it would not add to the debt and spend only money that we have and put us in a...
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it is not about big government. it is about smart government and he talked about public/private partnerships for building of roads. >> my daughters used to have a great plan to go to disney world that would not cost a penny and if we saved all of our bottle tops we could go to disney world almost for free except for the amount on the credit card. >> he didn't say for free. >> it is a big issue, though, because i will open it up to the idea for everybody here. you know you're at the ceiling, there is going to be a big part of the debate. do we extend the ceiling. have you a trillion dollar deficit but you say you will be budget neutral. seems to not add up to people. seems we have to start paying down debt as opposed to staying neutral. is it enough to be neutral? that's the question. >> the president was talking about entitlement reform. he is talking about we can't be governed by the deficit because we have to invest in our future. >> sounds like you're not going to pay it down, then. >> he also said, you know, i w
it is not about big government. it is about smart government and he talked about public/private partnerships for building of roads. >> my daughters used to have a great plan to go to disney world that would not cost a penny and if we saved all of our bottle tops we could go to disney world almost for free except for the amount on the credit card. >> he didn't say for free. >> it is a big issue, though, because i will open it up to the idea for everybody here. you know you're...